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[lindenattic]

CHRIS GUTIERREZ: Joe [Trohman] said, “Dude, I got a band I think you’d love, they’re called My Chemical Romance. They’re like, evil pop-punk.” So I went on Kazaa, downloaded like five songs, and was like, “Holy fuck, this is my band.” I went to see them at Fireside Bowl in Chicago. There were fifty people max, and maybe ten who were actually into the band. The Fireside stage was maybe a foot and a half tall and I was freaking out. They ended with “Headfirst for Halos,” Gerard was singing—and he was fucked up—the finale that goes, “Think happy thoughts, think happy thoughts.” I jumped on the edge of the stage, grabbed him by the neck with his collar, and was just screaming, “THINK HAPPY THOUGHTS!” in his face.

My Chemical Romance at the Fireside Bowl in Chicago on January 11, 2003 (x). Excerpt from Where Are Your Boys Tonight? by Chris Payne.